Skydiver safely jumps from stratosphere over New Mexico

Monday, October 15, 2012 - 20:30 in Earth & Climate

ROSWELL, New Mexico (Reuters) - An Austrian daredevil leapt into the stratosphere from a balloon near the edge of space 24 miles above Earth on Sunday and safely landed, setting a record for the highest skydive and breaking the sound barrier in the process.

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